I just wanted to know if any more thought has gone into the question I posed on an earlier post:
What effect (if any) has Postmodernism/Emerging/Emergent/Missional mindsets affected other cultures other than white America/UK individuals and communities? Has there been any discussion around the effects of a Emerging church discussion with-in the Hispanic/Latino or Black communities in the U.S.? Send some links if you know of any discussions, or if you would like to be a part of the discussion here.... Thanks and KUTPs!!!
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http://ccda.techmission.org/
This link is to the Christian Community Development Association (a LINK suggested to me by Larry Stoess (Portland Promise Center in Louisville) by way of Brian Hicks) There are some talks from a conference that deal with the multicultural issue. I have download some podcast (ironically, yesterday) but have not had time to listen yet. Another possibility would be to talk to Marco Ballesteros (jr.) who is geting married this Friday and then moving Bowling Green to lead worship for David Grout. Hope this gets at what your going for!
D.G., email Eliseo Mejia at emejia@vitalchurch.com may have some insight you could use. Great question and I'm interested in what you learn!
Sorry to not answer your questions, D.G., but I've been meaning to ask you for a really long time--what the heck does KUTPs stand for?!
Steve:
I Lded the podcast and looking forward to hearing it. Thanks..and yes, It would be interesting to talk with them some day...think you might be able to set something up?
Ken:
Yeah, I have not spoken to him directly about this discussion, but my guess is he might not have thought about it too much.
Markus:
KUTPs= Keep Up The Prayers
Hope that helps and I also would love to know what yall think about the issue instead of sending me to other people, heh...sorry i just had to give yall a hard time, ha ha
Thanks again for reading and God bless yall! KUTPs!
Hey DG-
In Guatemala there is a pretty strong and pervasive dualistic theology; a lot of black and white thinking. Evangelicals here are very suspicious of Catholicism, and wary of any practices that remotely resemble the Catholic church. Megachurches are thriving here, but I haven't seen much "emerging" church stuff going on. Liberation theology, which was born in Latin America, is also suspect (in my opinion unfortunately) because of its close ties to Catholicism. Catholics were accused of being communists due to their advocation of the poor, and of course most catholics were driven out and often killed. Ironically Evangelicals aligned themselves with the power that by, widening the gap even further between them and their Catholic ancestors. Why would any follower of God wanna fight for the poor, anyway?! I'm being facetious of course.
The little work I have seen being done that might be considered "emerging" (although I don't think they would call themselves that) here in Guatemala and in other parts of the world is through the Center for Transforming Mission (www.ctmnet.org). I highly recommend browsing through some of the articles on the site to get a better understanding of the type of work they are doing....a much needed work in this ever-more divisive world.
BTW, the more I encounter legalistic religion down here the more I wish there were some translated Brian McLaren or Rob Bell books to pass out! It seems that most Evangelical missionaries I encounter have good hearts, but they are just doing hat they have been taught and are usually open to thinking outside the box once they are warmed up to.
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